Taco Macaroni and Cheese Recipe! {Easy Skillet Dinner}

You’ll love adding this easy homemade Taco Macaroni and Cheese Recipe to for your family dinner rotation!

Say so long to your plain ol’ Mac and Cheese… it’s time to give your favorite comfort food some spicy kick with this easy homemade skillet Taco Macaroni and Cheese Recipe!

This delicious recipe comes from the $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook!  I love this cookbook… and especially love that every recipe can be made for $5.00 or less! 😉

After speaking with my blogging friend Erin {the author of this cookbook}, she was so glad to hear I’d be sharing the recipe with you right here!  Are you ready??

You won’t believe how much fun flavor is packed into this totally budget friendly Skillet Taco Mac and Cheese recipe…

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Taco Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

You'll love adding this easy Homemade Taco Mac and Cheese Recipe to for your family dinner rotation!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Entree

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: beef, cheddar, mac and cheese, tomatoes

Servings: 4

Author: The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

• 16 ounces Elbow Macaroni
• ½ pound Ground Beef
• ½ Onion chopped
• 2 Garlic Cloves crushed
• 6 ounces Tomato Sauce
• 12 ounces Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies
• ¼ cup Milk
• ½ teaspoon Fresh Cilantro chopped
• 1 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 2 cups shredded Cheddar or Habanero Cheese
• ½ teaspoon Cayenne Pepper {optional}

Instructions

• In a large pot, cook the macaroni according to the pasta package directions. Once cooked… drain, and set aside.
• In a large skillet, brown the ground beef with the chopped onion and crushed garlic. Once cooked... drain excess fat.
• Return the ground beef and onion mixture to the skillet.Add in Tomato Sauce, Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies, and Milk.Stir in the Cilantro, Cayenne, and Ground Cumin.
• Simmer approx. 10 minutes, allowing the sauce to form and the flavors to mingle.
• Add the cooked macaroni to the sauce and mix to combine.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the mixture while still warm in the skillet, and allow to melt.

Notes

This is a big recipe, so we eat half for our meal, and freeze the other half for later! Enjoy… I know we sure did!

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